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Timeline of America the Beautiful

Ray and Charlene Notgrass

Timeline of America the Beautifulby Ray and Charlene Notgrass

How to Use This Timeline

A timeline assignment is listed in the Activities section at the end of most lessons in America the Beautiful. To complete a timeline assignment for a certain lesson, simply turn to the assigned year in Timeline of America the Beautiful and find the blank that has the correct lesson number in parentheses. Copy the assigned statement in the blank. You may have to write small to get all the words on the blank provided. When you write your timeline assignment, read the other things that happened during that year and the years before and after it.

Many timeline pages have either historic illustrations or illustrations of God’s Wonders in America. You may color these if you wish. Enjoy creating your own personal timeline of American history.

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________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ (6) ________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ (8)

Pueblo

Vikings


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The Hopi people of the Southwest begin to occupy the present‐day village of Oriabi.

_________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ (9)

Cliff Dwelling


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Ancient Puebloans begin to migrate into New Mexico and Arizona.

Caribou


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Pueblo

Grizzly Bearin the Tetons


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________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ (4) Taos Pueblo is built in New Mexico.

In 1492 Christopher Columbus and his crew land on a Caribbean island. In 1493 Columbus makes a second voyage accompanied by Ponce de Leon. In 1497 John Cabot sails to Newfoundland in Canada on behalf of England. In 1498 Columbus makes a third voyage to the New World.

Santa Maria


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Columbus makes a fourth and final voyage to the New World.

Bison


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Native American Father and Son


English settlers arrive at Roanoke Island, off the coast of today’s North Carolina.

________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ (10)

Wampanoag native Squanto is born around this date.

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Sir Frances Drake


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Settlers Arrive at Roanoke


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America’s first permanent English settlement is founded at Jamestown, Virginia. Jamestown settlers begin shipping lumber to England.

English explorerBartolomew Gosnoldnames Cape Cod.

_________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ (17)

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Natives Help Jamestown Settlers


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_____________________________________________________________________ (12) The Dutch explore the area that will become Connecticut. The Dutch settle in the Hudson River Valley, calling the area New Netherlands.

Virginia settlers select men to serve in the House of Burgesses. The first Africans arrive in America. Squanto returns to America after being enslaved by Spanish explorers.

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Natives Meet Henry Hudson

The Rolfes


English Pilgrims sign the Mayflower Compact and found the Plymouth colony inpresent‐day Massachusetts. Dutch settlers establish trading post in present‐day New Jersey.

The settlers on Governor’s Island move to Manhattan Island, establishing New Amsterdam.

Belgian Protestants, who had moved to the Netherlands to escape persecution,settle on Governor’s Island in New York harbor.

A Scotsman and two English fishermen settle in present‐day New Hampshire.

_________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ (14)

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Colonial Fishmonger


Anne Bradstreet becomes the first American to publish a book of poetry. Around this time the Natchez tribe establishes its capital at present‐day Natchez, Mississippi.

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The Dutch capture Delaware, making it part of New Netherlands.

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Clearing the Land

CardingWool


The English take control of New Amsterdam and New Netherlands. New Amsterdam becomes New York.

Rhode Island receives a royal charter from England’s King Charles II. Eight English proprietors establish the colony of Carolina. The Bible is published in Algonquin. It is the first Bible printed in America.

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Beaver

Native and Settler


The National Cathedral is completed. The Hubble Space telescope is launched.

The first piece of the International Space Station is launched. The House of Representatives impeaches President Clinton.

A homeschooled student winsthe National Spelling Bee forthe first time.

The Republican Party gains majorities in the U.S. House and Senate for the first time in 40 years.

Bill Clinton is inaugurated as the 42nd President of the United States. ________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ (141)

________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ (140) Hurricane Andrew hits Florida. Christian missionaries spread the gospel in the former Soviet Union.

Operation Desert Storm pushes Iraqi forces out of Kuwait. ____________________________________________________________________ (137)

In his impeachment trial, the Senate finds President Clinton not guilty. The U.S. Mint introduces the 50 State Quarters Program.

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Channel Islands National Park


The U.S. Postal Service issues a Sgt. York stamp. Bill Shepherd becomes the first American to reside in the International Space Station. _________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ (143)

_________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ (145) U.S. struggles through the worst economic recession since the Great Depression.

_________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ (11) Kansas produces 375 million bushels of wheat.

Shirley Temple Black receives the LifeAchievement Award from the Screen Actors Guild.

Hurricane Katrina hits the coast of the Gulf ofMexico.

The World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. is completed. The U.S. Mint introduces Westward JourneyNickel series in honor of Thomas Jefferson andLewis and Clark.

The United States and its allies invade Iraq as part of the war on terrorism. The United States and its allies capture Saddam Hussein. _________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ (146)

Fred Rogers is awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

George W. Bush is inaugurated as the 43rd President of the United States. Muslim terrorists destroy the World Trade Center and damage the Pentagon. The United States and its allies attack terrorist bases in Afghanistan.

Barack Obama is inaugurated as the 44th President of the United States.

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Sequoia National Park


President Obama visits Billy Graham in Graham’s home. The U.S. Mint begins the America the Beautiful Quarters Program.

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RockyMountainNational Park

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Timeline of America the Beautif - Notgrass History · 2016-12-29 · Timeline of America the Beautiful © 2011 Notgrass Company John and Rebecca (Pocahontas) Rolfe travel to England